Thursday, December 20, 2012

Review for Rockstar Super Sours--Bubbleberry

FIRST
REVIEW!!!

CAFFEINE
CONTENT

240
mg

EASE
IN ACQUISITION—6

Bubbleberry
here seems to be the subject of a decent push on part of the Rockstar energy
company—I just barely heard of it last week, and it’s already popping (no pun
intended) up at a number of gas stations around here.Be interested in seeing how it takes off.

APPEARANCE/PRESENTATION—10

This
is a can that, surprisingly enough, strikes all the right notes with me—mostly
because it makes me feel very nostalgic.I’ll explain—when I was younger, I occasionally enjoyed a gaming session
on our family SNES, and one of my favorite games was Kirby Super Star, in the
which you fill the role of an…ability-shifting marshmallow-ish thing in going
about various endeavors, including stopping a giant bird, planet hopping, etc.
(bad description, but I’m not going to go any further than that—look it up on
Wikipedia if interested).In any
event, this can reminds me of everything I like about that game—the colors are
vibrant and enjoyable, the fonts bold, the deep, multilayered design appropriately unruly, and
it’s just generally nice to look upon—kind
of has the image of what Kirby would grab for a tremendous boost of energy.

TASTE—6

It
never occurred to me that anyone would tap the bubblegum flavor for its
potential as an energy drink—simply because I didn’t think that there really
was any.It’s one of those flavors
that you see all over the place and wonder why, because it’s not all that
impressive—I didn’t think there was actually anyone who did like it.In any event, however, we have this
Bubbleberry beverage here, and the flavor profile is that of a piece of subdued,
less-sweet bubblegum—maybe with a hint of berry flavor.I’m not wild about it, but if there are
people out there who get original bubblegum-flavored gum, there most certainly
are those that will buy this for the flavor.

KICK
(INTENSITY)—10

Even
if you are disappointed in the flavor, you won’t be let down by the energy boost—with
240 mg of caffeine (an amount that Rockstar is leaning towards in more and more
of their products), this kicks as much as any 16 oz. Rockstar Zero Carb or
Xdurance, with alertness and jitters enough that they may diffuse to other
individuals in your proximity.

KICK
(DURATION)—10

Five
hours at least, with no crash.

THE
DRINK OVERALL—8.67

Notwithstanding
the fact that I didn’t like the flavor so much, I do hope they’ll be keeping Rockstar
Super Sours—Bubbleberry around.At
the very least it’s something different to offer an excellent energy boost to
individuals for whom the standard 160 mg falls short.